- Date
- May 12, 1978
- Place
- Nassau · NASSAU,BAHAMA, UN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44196Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780512036759A
- Case key
- 141545
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3386 78/5/12 NR.NASSAU,BAHAMA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 540 TIME - UNK/NR N44196 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANTANA,FL NASSAU,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED REMARKS- PLT STATED DITCHED VICINITY NASSAU,BAHAMAS.RETURNED FROM BOGOTA,COLUMBIA VIA COMMERCIAL FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44196
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.